Rails

Râles

Birds seen in Cuba

Rallidae

Lives, Habitats & Pictures of the Rails

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There has been eight species of rails seen in Cuba. The Zapata Rail has not been see for almost 100 years. The
King Rail, Clapper Rail, Black Rail, and the Yellow-breasted Crake are native rails to the Caribbean Islands.
The Virgina Rail, Yellow Rail and Sora are migrant, who are natives birds to Canada and the United States. The
Black Rail is the smallest member of the rail family. This sparrow-sized bird also prefers a habitat along
the coastline in the same regions as the other rails.

Rails are most often heard and hardly ever seen. These secretive birds prefer dense marsh, which makes access to seeing them
very difficult. There may be a possibility of seeing these birds, when the young are being raised, as they move about in search
of food more often. Rails become active in the evening and feed into the darkness, and even when they migrate, they use the cover of
darkness.

Click on the bird images or names to see pictures of the Sora and other rails seen in Cuba